In Holland we celebrate the feast ‘Carnaval’ every year. It’s a five day during event and our goal is to have the most original costumes. Last year we were inspired by the movie Alice in Wonderland. We mostly put our costumes together ourselves, except for the Alice dress and Queen of Hearts wig and dress. … Read more
This entire Mad Hatter costume was hand made, except for the teapot purse which was found on ebay. The vest was made from a pirate costume pattern, the jacket from a lion trainer costume and just a normal shorts pattern for the pants. The hat was made out of 2mm foam and covered with the … Read more
This year for Halloween, my boyfriend and I dressed in Homemade Caterpillar and Cheshire Cat Costumes. My costume was very easy: I bought 3 pairs of striped tights, one pair I wore as regular tights. With another pair I made a top by cutting a hole in the crotch and holes in the feet for … Read more
We have twin boys, so in thinking what they could be for Halloween, we thought Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum! That started the whole family thinking and everyone started picking who they wanted to be from the Alice in Wonderland movies. My oldest girl (10) wanted to be Alice. I found a pattern I really … Read more
I was so disappointed with the store bought costumes when my daughter wanted to be the Mad Hatter, so we made one that put them to shame. The only “prepared” piece we had was the hat. I scoured Thrift shops and got a simple brown jacket, and a pair of pants. I used the costumer’s … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to come up with a cool couples costume that we could make ourselves. We brainstormed with a bunch of different Disney movie ideas and eventually decided on making a Homemade Mad Hatter and Cheshire Cat Costume. First of all, we went to a bunch of different thrift stores and searched … Read more
Every year the Hospital I work at has a Halloween Costume Contest. So this year 2009 we decided to do Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, even though the movie hadn’t came out yet. So by looking at the pictures on the internet we assigned each character to each person that worked in the Lab. So … Read more
Everyone always told my daughter that she looked like Alice so we went ahead and dressed her for Halloween. Their grandmother made the dress and my son’s suit from patterns. I bought my son’s hat from a costume shop and wrote the sign for it that was in the book. I also bought the dress … Read more
My family got together and decided to do an Alice in Wonderland Group Costume. We really got into the characters even talking and acting like them. The caterpillar was probably the most work. We used spray foam to construct the mushroom then carved a hole for my son’s body to go into and painted it. … Read more
These are homemade Queen of Hearts and Mad Hatter couple Halloween costumes. I bought the wigs/hat/bowtie. The rest of the costume was made using a pattern and then improvising to make it as realistic to movie. Pictures from the movie were used to help put the make up on the girls just like the movie.
My daughters were in an “Alice in Wonderland” themed dance last summer. We decided to go for the Disney version of Alice and the White Rabbit Costume. My oldest was the White Rabbit with pieces put together from thrift shop finds and alterations done by me: – bunny hat from a bunny costume; – black … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween and I love Alice in Wonderland, so I chose the Red Queen as my 2010 Halloween project. I did my own hair and makeup. Yes, that is my own hair. I made my crown out of a little gold gift bag for just $1 and glued heart buttons all … Read more